I don't exactly know where this story would go so I'll just post it here.

Alright, so this happened to me maybe a month ago am I'm just know getting the courage to post about it. Some thinks to metion before I start is I do not believe in the supernatural or anything of the sort, also I have nearly 1,500 acres of land behind my house of pure wood area.

So I was sitting outside on my porch after me and my dad got into a heated argument, it was about 7 pm and it was already dark, so to pass the time I turned on my tv.

I had been out there for about an hour before I heard some sounds coming from the trees and bushes nearby. We have a lot of raccoons and I heard the noise from right about where my trash can was at the Time so I thought nothing of it. But again about 10 or 15 minutes later, I heard a noise again.

This time is sounded like walking and shortly after a heard the sound of a branch snapping, not a stick or anything but a full tree branch.

It cought me by surprise, but I saw nothing and I just ignored it again. That was my first mistake, right then and there I should've went back into the house. The rest of the night was fairly normal besides some footsteps here and there.

I went out the next day to see what made the noise, as I suspected, there was a broken tree branch and some footprints. But the footprints we're strange , they looked human but at the same time almost like coyote tracks.

I have plenty of coyotes where I live, I live smack dab in the most secluded part of Kansas. I thought it was weird but continued my day.

Again I went out there at night, this time hoping I would catch something out in the woods. I sat there for about 45 minutes before I turned on the tv out of boredom. So I watched some family feud and glanced out to the woods ever once in a while. I never saw anything weird until commercials started coming on.

I looked out to the woods and I saw something, it looked like a coyote but it was too wide and was sitting like a frog, it looked almost human like. We stared at each other for a while, and then it said something.

It was very mumbled and sounded scratchy like a Broken record, but it sounded like my mom. My mom has been dead for nearly 6 years, so I knew It wasn't her. And then it said something, it stayed to me, "come here silly, why would you hide from your mother?", After that I bolted inside and never looked back. Didn't even turn the TV off, I wasn't brave enough to even look out the windows till the next day.

And sure enough, I saw the prints again, the same human coyote prints as the day before.

I never saw It again after that, my friends said maybe it was an elk, but deep down I know it isn't. Whatever it was I hope I never see it again.

My story, however, I would like to remain anonymous due to privacy reasons. I was hesitent to share my story because it still scares me but my friends talked me into sharing.

Location: Maple Mountain Ontario Canada Happened the beginning of September 2017

I had a few days off from work so I decided to go hiking and portaging around Maple mountain within the Temagami Region. I have always enjoyed hiking in this area with friends but I decided to go alone this time. I wanted to go to a new area hiking to maybe scout it out to see if it would be a challenge for me and my friends. To get to my planned hiking route I had to portage for many hours which was tiring. My dad had recently bought be me a trail cam because I wanted to get into tracking and wildlife photography. I decided to bring it along for fun, little did I know what I would capture with it. I have only tested it a few times with my dog as the subject but I thought it would be an interesting idea to see if I could get any shots of the local wildlife. I have never been in this area of the park before and never too close to the mountain itself but I decided to do so this time. I found a relatively flat area to pitch my tent under the shelter of a large tree. First night went well but was quite cold but that was expected. The second day I reached the north end of the mountain which is known for being very difficult to navigate and traverse but I liked the challenge. I made a camp on a flat ridge but did not make a fire because I didn't want to scare the wildlife. It was around 7:30 pm when I decided to test out my trail cam so I attached it to a tree just outside my camp. Around 8:15 I heard some odd humming sound but I thought it was just the wind or my ears playing tricks on me so I thought nothing of it and went to bed. During my sleep I had a nightmare of a white object moving in and out of the trees making the humming sound I heard earlier but then I woke up. I felt like I only slept an hour but I woke up at 11:00 in the morning which felt strange. I just assumed I was tired from my journey and just had a deep sleep. I started packing up camp and grabbed my trail cam and started making my way up maple mountain. It took two hours to get to the top of the mountain from my camp and I took a break and sat on a dead log. The wind was strangely calm consider it was quite windy climbing from the ridge where my camp was. It was starting to get dark so I started to leave the mountaintop to go back to my camp. However, before leaving I left my trail cam on the mountaintop next to the dead log I sat on before. When I was climbing back down to my camp many birds flew up in the sky as if something spooked them and I heard the humming again. This time I felt unnerved by it and things around were getting eerie. I was very relieved when I got to camp. This night as I slept the nightmare returned but this time I could see that the white object was moving closer to my camp and I woke up abruptly. I woke up again at exactly 11:00 just like before. I was starting to get quite creeped out by the things happening on this mountain and felt the need to leave. I remembered I had left my trail cam at the mountaintop not wanting to leave the cam my dad bought me I built up the courage to go get it. When I got to the top of the mountain again I heard the humming again but this time it was much louder than I remember and sounded like it was getting closer. There was definitely something not right about this so I grabbed my trail cam and got the heck out of there rushing to my camp and packing up. The humming faded the farther I got away from the mountain but I heard no bird or animals as well the forest seemed dead. When I finally got out of the forest all I was thinking about was if the trail cam got any images of the source of the humming or something to explain what was going on around me and boy am I glad I brought it. I got only four clips of it and for some reason they get all static and shaky at the end even tho I found the camera untouched.

I did not know where to share my story so I thought Reddit would be a good start. Granted I'm not very familiar with Reddit only using it a few times. My brother in law helped me put my story into video form which includes the trail cam footage and his artist rendition of what he thinks the creature looks like based on the cam footage. I have always been a fan of cryptids like bigfoot but never thought I would come across anything let along something so unknown and in Ontario of all places but the world is a mysterious place so who am I to question it.

My email is [email protected] if anyone needs. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVRZoLt7u_w

Hey y'all, I'm putting together a queer friendly research podcast about cryptids! Its sort of a comedy/education type thing, so I'm looking for a name that reflects that. So far, I have: "But Can We Date It?", "Bigfoot Is Gay And Other Queer and Paranormal Phenomena", "Monster Inqueeritors", "Mothman Is Real And He's My Boyfriend", "The Truth Is Out Queer". If you have any ideas, drop em below! Thanks :)

I have been seeing Cryptid like animals in South Austin by Burleson Road, Austin Tx. What I saw was a odd goat like animal. It was the size of a deer, ran like and had body structure of a goat but had the coloration of a coyote. I saw it at around midnight. And earlier this week I saw in the woods nearby my home. This deer like animal stalking a cat in broad daylight. And it pounced at the cat but the cat got away. It had a body type of a musk deer, but size of a native deer. Light brown large ears, long muzzle, long legs, didn't get a good look at it though. Has anyone else seen creatures like this?

This happend a few years ago, perhaps 5. My boyfriend and I were visiting the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary near Mysore in South India.

An absolutely beautiful place, where the Kaveri river flows lazily amongst small, heavily forested islets, the trees crowded with nests of painted storks, spoonbills, cranes and dozens of other species. Freshwater crocodiles lurk in the dark waters, all too eager to snap up unwary birds or an unfortunate fledgling. Here the trees are not just home to the birds, but also big flying foxes; the India fruit bat.

It was here we saw it, while gently being rowed around in a small wooden boat. At first we though it was a fruit bat. Although the tend to roost during the day there were still the odd ones flaunting convention and wheeling around in broad daylight. They first thing we noticed was its size. I know that India fruit bats are large, very large, but this dwarfed them. We we close with nothing obscuring our vision, proberly about 50 meters away over the open water. It was at least four times bigger than the large bats with about a 7 metres (about 20 foot) wing span, and it glided while they flapped. It swooped down to the water, and on the wing plucked a 60-70cm (about 2 foot) fish effortlessly out the water, carrying it off, thrashing, in one claw. Its body was smooth, not furry, and a mixtures of greys, whereas the bats are clearly very dark brown to black. As it flew off, its silhouette was clearly not off a bat, the anatomy different.

This was not a flying fox. I am sure of it. I have seen many flying foxes, up close. This was huge and distinctly different. Also, fruit bat are vegetarian, eating, well, fruit and not fish. I have been a avid studier of nature for years, and I am aware that you get fishing bats, but not only are they small, but there are no fishing bats in India. It was not a bird of prey; the taut, membranous skin of its wings clearly stretched out between the bones of its 'fingers'. The India flying fox is the largest species in the world, this was bigger, much bigger. They were practically side by side for comparison.

So I love me some good cryptid lore, but have you guys ever heard of giant golden-crowned flying foxes? They are HUGE megabats with monstrous, furry, fox-like faces and red/orange eyes. They even look look humanoid when in flight. A lot of reports suggest mothman (like similar cryptids) has been seen near caves, mines, bridges, bunkers, in thick wooded areas, etc...all of which are common bat habitats.

Mothman has been spotted in nearby states as well, making me think that one or two were imported and thrived, becoming somewhat of an invasive species. Flying foxes are a threatened species, and they are nocturnal and prefer to avoid humans, so seeing one would be a rare occasion, even if they were reproducing.

For the lore about mothman chasing cars and predicting ominous events...bats can screech and hiss when threatened, but if you've ever seen videos of bats fleeing, you'll notice they also tend to swoop down toward the unfortunate invader. This is usually just how they get more speed, but they can also be aggressive if provoked. Bats use echolocation, or sound waves above human frequency, to navigate spaces...so I think it's fair to theorize that they could sense shifts in structures prior to something like a bridge collapse before it even happens, say if they were perched on said bridge sleeping.

Conspiracy theory time...If the authorities in point pleasant did find one of these massive invaders, I wouldn't be surprised if they simply caught it and let the rumors fly (pun intended, sorry I had to) because mothman attracts thousands of tourists to a place that otherwise would attract very few.

I would sure as hell have nightmares if I saw one of these and think I'd seen some kind of supernatural monster (because tbh...they kind of are).

Mystery solved?

Photo: https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/picture-of-human-sized-bat-from-the-philippines-goes-viral-netizens-spooked-out-1.1593343643184

With its first reported sighting in 1995 El Chupacabra is commonly depicted as a medium sized, bloodsucking monster common in the southern US and Central America.

El Chupacabra's name means goat sucker and it has had two notable depictions in the 25 years they have been reported. One being a reptilian kangaroo looking creature, and the other being the more common Canid looking creature with pronounced eyes and spinal spikes.

Victims of El Chupacabra are found dead, unmutilated other than three puncture marks on the corpse and a complete lack of blood. It's common prey seems to be sheep, goats, and chickens.

Common theories for the origins of the Chupacabra range from a subtype of coyote to an alien to a U.S. government experiment.

So. Tell me what you guys think of this. i am thinking about doing these for other cryptids as well. i just wanted to start with a cryptid with limited information to ease in.

Hello! I am producing a documentary for a US network about cryptids in Alaska and I would love to find out if anybody here has had any sightings or experiences in Alaska? Just let me know and I can tell you some more about the production!

Many thanks!

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